PIA pilot refuses to fly 'faulty' plane from Karachi

KARACHI: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) pilot refused to operate an ATR-42 aircraft which was to fly from the Jinnah International Airport to Mohenjodahro, an archeological site in Sindh, citing a fault in one of the engines, a day after an air crash involving the same aircraft killed all 47 people on board.

The TV channel did not name the pilot. According to aviation rules pilots cannot be forced to operate faulty aircraft.

A PIA plane crashed Wednesday on a domestic flight from Chitral to Islamabad, killing all 47 people on board. Famous Pakistani singer-turned-religious preacher Junaid Jamshed, his wife Nahya, and Deputy Commissioner Osama Ahmed Waraich were also among the passengers on the ill-fated plane.

The story was originally posted in The News